Verification status | Verified Find out more |
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NAF SMARTness index | High Find out more |
Targeted location | National - |
Targeted population | Specific population group(s) |
Targeted population age | Specific age group(s) |
Targeted population specific age | Children 0-59months |
Targeted population sex | All |
Population coverage | 2,000,000.0 |
Primary indicator | Prevalence of stunting among children 0-59 months |
Primary indicator baseline | 0.331 |
Primary indicator target | 0.1 |
Duration | January, 2022 - June, 2030 |
Goal action plan
1.Health system strengthening 1.1 Health and nutrition service Reinforce the growth monitoring and promotion and maternal infant and young child nutrition counselling Strengthen the nutrition-sensitive reproductive health services to improve maternal and child nutrition and to prevent overweight/obesity Provide parents with an avenue to learn about early stimulation of infants, child care practices, preparation of nutritious meals from locally available foods, and responsive feeding Enable the health and nutrition system in order to adapt to an increasing incidences of diet related non-communicable diseases in view of life course approach Regulate the marketing of unhealthy foods Develop/update tools and implement behaviour change communication activities on healthy diets based on the program evaluation and researches
1.2 Health and nutrition workforce Train nutritionists at secondary schools and universities in order to have a pool of qualified nutritionists and place them at all levels of health facilities and institutions working on nutrition
1.3 Information system Strengthen the use of data and feedback (gaps and challenges) to inform the evidence-based programming (target groups, geographic coverage and financial needs) Digitalize community registration and reporting systems
1.4 Governance and leadership Reinforce the multi-sector coordination to mainstream nutrition through annual single action plans, District Plans to Eliminate Malnutrition and the implementation of all nutrition interventions
1.5 Financing Carry out costing exercise to project the nutrition investments necessary to achieve countrys targets through multi-sectoral interventions Increase the budget for the recruitment of more nutritionists at health facilities and their payment, and for the incentives for community health workers
2. Food system strengthening Ensure that the nutrition-sensitive agriculture mainstreaming guidelines are appropriately utilized by agricultural promoters, community health workers and ECD caregivers Strengthen the food value chains, capable of supplying nutritious foods products Identify and roll out agricultural innovations and research aligned with the national nutrition priorities Scale-up the distribution of small livestock, expand fisheries and increase poultry of egg production to complement the existing Girinka program Work with regulatory authorities to facilitate access, streamline milk distribution from farm to table and enforce milk safety and quality standards Establish a SUN Business Network to engage private players in the food industry on regulation of food in terms of nutritional quality and safety Disseminate the national food-based dietary guideline and integrate into new and existing programs that promote behaviour change for nutrition.
Nutrition Action Classification
Enabling
- Financial
- Operational
- Leadership and governance
- Research monitoring and data
Policy
- Food environment
- Food supply chain
- Consumer knowledge
- Nutrition care services
Impact
- Undernutrition
- Diet
- Obesity and diet-related NCDs
- Food and nutrition security